Thermomechanical model and temperature measurements for shocked ammonium perchlorate single crystals.

A consistent thermomechanical material model was developed for unreacted ammonium perchlorate (AP) single crystals for shock compression normal to the (210) and (001) crystal planes. Building on previous work, the mechanical response for both orientations was described using a single isotropic elastic-plastic model and an overstress model to describe rate-dependent yielding. Velocity interferometer measurements to 12 GPa were performed to extend the AP Hugoniot curve to higher stresses. The specific heat c[sub v], the coefficient of thermal pressure (∂P/∂T)[sub V], and the isothermal bulk modulus B[sub T] were determined from Hugoniot and isothermal compression curves, along with available data at atmospheric pressure. Time-resolved Raman spectroscopy experiments were carried out under stepwise loading to obtain temperatures in the shocked state. Calculated temperatures using our material model are in good agreement with the temperatures obtained from our experiments, thus providing validation for our modeling approach. © 2002 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]